# taba
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəq. Compare Tagalog taba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈba/ [taˈba]
* IPA: /taˈbaʔ/ [taˈbaʔ]
* Hyphenation: ta‧ba

### Noun

tabá or tabâ (Basahan spelling ᜆᜊ)
* fat, lard
* fatness (of a person, animal)
    Antonym: niwang
* grease (for food, meat)
    Synonym: suya
* richness; fertility (for soil)
    Synonym: kabalunbonan

#### Derived terms

* katabahan
* magtaba
* mataba
* pagkataba
* pataba

#### See also

* hibog
* himpis
* nipis

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَعْب (kaʕb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈta.βə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈta.bə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈta.ba]

### Noun

taba f (plural tabes)
* (anatomy) anklebone
* (often plural) knucklebones, jacks
    Synonyms: ossets, joc de botxí
* (colloquial) chitchat

### Further reading

* “taba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Ibatan
### Noun

taba
* fat; lard

## Japanese
### Romanization

taba
* Rōmaji transcription of たば

## Latin
### Noun

tāba
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tābum

## Limos Kalinga
### Noun

tabá
* fat

## Lindu
### Noun

taba
* alum
* lard; animal fat

## Lingala
### Noun

taba class 9 (plural taba class 10, colloquial plural bataba class 2)
* Alternative form of ntaba

## Ludian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tapa.

### Noun

taba
* custom
* character
* nature (of a person &c.)

## Mansaka
### Noun

taba
* fat

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From French tabac.

### Noun

taba
* tobacco

### References

* Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

## Northern Paiute
### Etymology

Compare Cahuilla támit

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tapa/

### Noun

taba
* sun

## Old Tupi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.βa/
* Rhymes: -aβa
* Hyphenation: ta‧ba

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tap, from Proto-Mawé-Guaraní *t͡sap, from Proto-Tupian *jap.
Cognate with Guaraní táva.

#### Noun

taba (possessable)
* village
* city, town
    Synonyms: tabeté, tabusu
* place
** 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, edited by Pe. Armando Cardoso, Doutrina Cristã do Catecismo Brasílico, volume I, São Paulo: Edições Loyola, published 1993, page 226:— Umãmepe i momendari? — Paraíso Terreal taporãngatu pupé.— Where did he wed them? — At the Terrestrial Paradise, a very beautiful place.

##### Derived terms

* amỹîndaba
* tabapîasaba
* tabaîara
* tabe'yma
* tabebira
* tabeté
* tabusu
* tapera
* tapiîara

##### Derived terms

* Nheengatu: tawa (“city”)
* → Portuguese: taba (“Tupian village”)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

taba
* absolute of aba

### References

* ↑ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 569

### Further reading

* Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “taba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 455, column 2

## Scottish Gaelic
### Noun

taba m (genitive singular taba, plural tabaichean)
* tab (computing - in TDI)

## Seychellois Creole
### Etymology

From French tabac.

### Noun

taba
* tobacco

### References

* Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Arabic كَعْب (kaʕb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtaba/ [ˈt̪a.β̞a]
* Rhymes: -aba
* Syllabification: ta‧ba

### Noun

taba f (plural tabas)
* (anatomy) anklebone
    Synonym: astrágalo
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 308:Para combatir el dolor reumático, es conveniente llevar en el bolsillo del lado enfermo, una taba de cordero.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Further reading

* “taba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “taba”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
* DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea (apl.org.pe)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəq. Compare Bikol Central taba.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /taˈbaʔ/ [t̪ɐˈbaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: ta‧ba

### Noun

tabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊ)
* fat (specialized animal tissue)
* fatness (of a person, animal, etc.)
    Synonym: katabaan
* lard (fat from pig abdomen)
* (figurative) fertility (of soil)
* (colloquial) fat person; fatso
    Synonyms: tabatsoy, tabatsing, tabatsingtsing

#### Derived terms

* antaba
* katabaan
* magpataba
* makataba ng puso
* mataba
* matabang isda
* napakataba
* pagtaba
* pampataba
* pampatabang-puso
* pataba
* patabaan
* patabain
* patabaing baboy
* tabain
* tabang-baboy
* tabang-hangin
* tabang-preso
* tabatsing
* tabatsingtsing
* tabatsoy
* tumaba
* walang-taba

### Further reading

* “taba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* abat, baat, bata

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tapa, from Baltic.

### Noun

taba
* character, temperament
* disposition
* temper
* custom, habit

#### Inflection
### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “нрав, повадка, темперамент, характер”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

## Volapük
### Noun

taba
* genitive singular of tab

## Yoruba
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hausa tāba, ultimately from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq), see Spanish tabaco, Portuguese tabaco.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tá.bà/

### Noun

tábà
* tobacco, tobacco plant
    Synonym: tánà